>> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at noon on your side. >> top story this noon, two men appeared in court today after police say they raped a woman on new year's eve. >> were granted a continuance. it was a brief but very emotional room -- morning in the courtroom. >> the young defendants walked

into the courtroom wearing orange jumpsuits and shackles. immediately there was a pre- indictment plea deal and asked for a continuance to further review and explore the videotape that allegedly shows this violent rape. they are accused of repeatedly raping a 20-year-old back -- fairfield -- fairfax woman as she fell in and outside of consciousness and outside the cathedral in downtown. moments earlier inside she told me "i son is innocent. i have no faith in the distal system i just leave it up to god." >> we believe the real story will come out in the days and weeks to follow. we're just getting started. we take very seriously. >> according to court documents the two men and women know each

other. all three left the same bar together on new year's eve intoxicated. the victim was allegedly lured into the parking garage. police say the woman was raped over and over again by both men. eventu let petered -- beaten and bottlebattered. >> the judge did accept a continuance, but not before he added another charge of first- degree sex assault for both the attendance. they will be back in court next week. the owner of this martial arts school says he and his employees have nothing to do with this rate. >-- this rape. >> thank you. new developments in the penn state scandal. jerry sandusky working with his lawyers this noon in order to regain freedom. the former coach will be in a pennsylvania court room this afternoon making an appeal to have his conviction reversed on

multiple counts of child sex abuse. his lawyers argue there was not enough evidence to convict him. he was sentenced to -- in october for no less than 30 years in prison for assaulting 10. -- abusing 10 voice. >> the president is set to announce his new treasury secretary this afternoon. the likely nominee could set the stage for more confrontation for republicans over debt and deficit. karen travers has more. >> new year, a new cabinet. the obama administration shuffle continues. today president obama will nominate jack lew for treasury secretary. currently the chief of staff steps into the job at a very critical time. his experience as an administration insider and budget grew will be quickly put to the test. -- budget guru will quickly be put to the test.

lawmakers me to address the automatic spending cuts they put off in order toch a last- minute fiscal cliff deal. lew may be getting a lot of attention for this his signature that will soon be put on newly-printed money. >> are you working on his signature? >> not that i am aware of. >> this is also drawing criticism. for the first time in years, all the cabinet positions will be held by men. john brennan at the cia and john kerry secretary of state. "the new york times" published this photograph yesterday. only men are visible. the white house fired back. >> women serve a key position and policy here as they do in the administration. overall 43% of his appointees have been women, including two high-profile supreme court

justices. >> as the gun control debate heats up, price -- vice- president joe biden said to meet with nra leaders today. this is just one of many groups the vice president is meeting with as he heads to the task force to deliver a gun control recommendations for the white house. the nra has made its position clear, no new gun laws. joe biden says no matter what the white house is looking to take action. >> the president is going to act. there is executive action that can be taken. >> other groups are getting in on the debate as well. wal-mart originally declined to join the talks with vice- president joe biden. now it will bring ideas to the table. the task force will submit recommendations to president obama by the end of january. >> virginia voters team to support ideas by joe biden and

nra. over 92 percent support my aunt -- mandatory background checks. 62 percent saying people owning assault weapons make the nation at more dangerous. 66 percent support placing armed guards in school and have said they protect from crime. >> congressman from northern virginia met to discuss moving fbi headquarters out of the nation's capital. jim moran, gerry connolly, and robert whitman along with mark warner and tim kane. the proposed site is in springfield, virginia. the fairfax county board unanimously approved a resolution urging the congress and to lobby for the move. >> new numbers show gun -- unemployment claims rose slightly. 371,000 people filed first-time claims, up 4000 from the week before. this is still an improvement

over last year. in the first week of 2012, 390,000 filed claims. today's numbers reflect a slight improvement. >> speaking of improvement, all you have to do is look outside of the weather. dealing with a few clouds, but otherwise really mild temperatures. >> it is a beautiful day. bright sunshine.gorgeous. if today we have the clouds moved in with that front. today nothing but sunshine. arlington, here is a live look. you can see, nothing but blue with one high, thin cloud overhead. early in arlington after a morning low of 45. 49 in sterling. for the most part locally and north of the metro, upper 40's. montgomery village 45. fredericksburg 54. culpeper 53. for the most part, temperatures bread will be lower 50's.

there is your travel weather. the rain is especially prominent down south. new orleans, jackson, all the way to memphis -- that is where you will have the delays today with the raid. i will talk more about that rain and how much it will affect our weather in the coming days. details in a few minutes. >> thank you. there are growing please this noon for people to get the flu shot. it comes as hospitals all across the country are reporting they have been overwhelmed with the amount of people coming in for treatment. boston has declared a public health emergency. they are having treatment tts in some cases. they have had 10 last season. >> new word this noon into the death of junior seau. reveals the brain it showed visible signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

that is the concussion-related injury that shrinks and hardens brain tissue. this might affect football all the way from the pros down to pop warner. >> i think it is a gamble. be extremely aware of what could potentially happen to your life. >> there is a big risk. >> many experts have questioned whether those hits could have played a role in his suicide last year. >> robert crippen tt griffen iii looking forward after surgery on his knee. rgiii injured his knee in the playoff loss to seattle. if rehabilitation goes well, there is hope he could be back in time for the 2013 season. literally adding insult to injury. white fans have to pay up after

the bet with seattle. -- why the mayor has to pay up after a bet with seattle. this flag will fly until sunset. -- >> this lot will fly until sunset. it is all part of honoring the bet with seattle's mayor. >> we made good on our end of the bed. not such a pretty sight out there. washington, d.c. remembering a legend this noon. mayor greg dedicated the newest monument to the godfather of gogo. preparations under way for a new park all about the smooth sounds of chuck brown. >> with the signature and smile the d.c. mayor signed into law the newest monument in a city that is full of monuments. this one is for the late chuck brown, a music icon in the city.

>> beautiful. really beautiful. i am trying to hold my tears back. >> in a few months the chuck brown and music pavilion will open its doors to residents and guests. it will feature an open air amphitheater holding 900 seats an intimate setting for concertgoers just as he used to play. >> he was upbeat, energized enthusiastic, if not always connected with audience -- and always connected with the audience in a way only he could. >> his children hope this and memorial will enable people of all generations to remember him for what he stood for, bringing the city to gather around his music. >>-- together about his music.

>> the city is not wasting any time on this. the mayor says the brand new park will be ready by this summer, just in time for everyone to enjoy the outdoor weather. >> thanks so much. paying tribute. and outdoor space to enjoy are dispirited leave it to someone as outspoken as mark cuban to ruffle feathers wherever he goes. coming up, what he said on twitter that landed him a hefty fine. >> plus, an unexpected conviction in the phone hacking scandal out of great britain. >> the official list of oscar nominees is out. see which of your favorites made the grade in which one got snubbed. >> a live look outside a frederick, md., where you will see a few clouds creeping and throughout the day. wait until you

>> we continue with the developing story out of london this noon where a senior british detective has been convicted in the scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's tabloid news of the world. he was guilty of selling information about whether police would reopen the phone hacking scandal. that involves allegations of snooping on celebrities, politicians and others and has led to more than a dozen arrests. >> it is a beautiful scene in israel. take a look at the rear dusting of snow in jerusalem. -- rare dusting of snow in

jerusalem. this is the iconic power of david. it may not look like a lot of snow, but the most they have seen in about 20 years. i know that makes you very jealous. >> but that it. we cannot even squeeze out a quarter of an inch. -- pathetic. >> adam would rather be in jerusalem than d.c. >> 2012 the hottest year on record. our temperatures are little above average. i am going ice fishing this weekend. i am working out so i can do this. it is going to be fun. ok so it is a beautiful day. bright sunshine. a little bit above average but we will see temperatures rarely

spike as we go through the upcoming weekend particularly on sunday. then it will all come to an end. it will not last forever. montgomery college. put this into motion. beautiful sunrise. court is colors. -- colors. a live picture from the rooftop camera overlooking the potomac. nothing but blue, at least within this frame. temperature-wise 53 at reagan national. that is one of the warmer temperatures. for the most part a few degrees cooler. back to sky conditions. look at the cloud coverage shown in white. that is pretty thick cloud coverage that is trying to come into the washington area, but our air is just so dry you will notice that as it tries to work its way eastward, it erodes and falls apart. it will take a while.

you will notice an increase in the clouds as we go through sunset. most the cloudy into tomorrow. -- mostly cloudy tomorrow. look at the plume of moisture from the central gulf of all the way into memphis, even now into parts of the midwest. that is a low pressure system. it is big enough it will click the washington area tomorrow and a warm front with through. i think that will be just enough to kick start one or two sprinkles late in the day tomorrow. during the second half of the day, afternoon and evening. not enough to get in the way of the dry conditions. quarter of an inch around the beltway. less than that in fairfax county. that is about it. i think that is the best we can do out of the system tomorrow with a slight little chance of

rain. 48 in gaithersburg. 48 in martinsburg. 55 in culpeper. mostly cloudy tonight. for the most part in the 30's. the majority of us will remain above freezing. tomorrow, gray day with the system clipping us. a few late they sprinkles. not a big deal. have the umbrella handy, but one of those days it may be more of a nuisance to carry it with you. not looking at all that much in terms of rain fall. temperatures around the 50 degree mark. more upper 40's. sunday, 70 degrees is a strong possibility. should we erode the fog we may break 70 on sunday. the record is 75. >> i am so excited. thank you. >> the nominations for the 85th annual academy awards have been

announced, and the civil war era link"lincoln" leads with 12 nominations. it is competing against eight other films for the top honor. the oscar host was surprised to learn he was nominated for best original song and his comedy "ted." >> that is obnoxious. i am a jerk. >> for a full list of the 2013 oscar nominees, go to wjla.com and touch the academy awards right here on the 24th of february on abc 7. also, full coverage, be sure to touch abc 7 news at 5:00. >> our guru will break down the picks and telling you what to expect. stay tuned for that.

he is a billionaire basketball team owner, and now mark cuban is having to pay up. >> coming up next, what he said that landed him with the di

>> speaking of finance is as we look at the stocks, mark cuban facing a pretty hefty fine from the nba because of a tweet. he posted his attempts to fix officiating in basketball had failed miserably. the nba fined him $50,000 as part of a policy against publicly criticizing tehhe

refs. cuban matches every fine with a personal donation to charity. >> a drop in the bucket. missy franklin made her high school swim season debut this week. you would think with all the time she spent on the international stage in london that she would not even that and i, but she said that was not the case. -- not even bat an eye. >> i was so nervous. i was literally intensely shaking in the locker room. my teammates were like what is wrong with you? i was so nervous. i love that. it shows me the excitement of this board is still there. >> the excitement was there, but not a lot of competition. she laughed all but swan -- laughed all but one swimmer in the 500. tough to compete with. -- laped all but one

>> there is the seven-day forecast. near 70 by sunday. cooler next week. >>